The Political Economy of Japanese Society

Volume 1: The State or the Market?

Edited by Junji Banno

The Political Economy of Japanese Society

Volume 1: The State or the Market?

Edited by Junji Banno

Description

This two-volume book, a revision and translation of a multi-disciplinary research project carried out by the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, analyzes the Japanese political economy from an historical perspective in order to provide a balanced view between the optimism of the 1980s and the pessimism of the 1990s. Paying particular attention to the changes in Japan's contemporary political economy that have come "from below," the authors consider marginalized social actors such as opposition parties, the aged, and female and foreign workers alongside more mainstream players such as the governing party, large corporations, and labor unions. Finally, the book examines the strong influence of the Japanese political economy on the global economy.

The Political Economy of Japanese Society

Volume 1: The State or the Market?

Edited by Junji Banno

Table of Contents

Volume 1: The State or the Market? Introduction, Banno JunjiPart 1: Structure 1. Corporate Structure and the Japanese Economy, Hashimoto Juro2. Introduction to Japanese Company History: Stability and Change in the Ranking of Large Manufacturing Enterprises, Yamazaki Hiroaki3. Industrial Relations and the Union Movement, Tabata Hirokuni4. The Weakness of the Contemporary Japanese State, Watanabe Osamu5. Japanese Companyism and the end of the Cold War, Baba HirojiPart 2: Historical Origins 6. The Social Order of Modern Japan, Narusawa Akira7. Labour and Farmers' Movements in Pre-War Japan, Nishida Yoshiaki8. The Wartime Institutional Reforms and Transformation of the Economic System, Okazaki TetsujiVolume2: Internationalization and Domestic Issues Part 1: Internationalization 1. Japan as Creditor Nation, Kawai Masahiro2. The Internationalization of the Japanese Firm: Japanese Working Practices and Indigenous Asian Workplaces, Koike Kazuo3. Foreign Workers and Immigration Policy, Hirowatari Seigo4. Economic Co-operation in Place of Historical Remorse: Japanese Post-War Settlements with China, Russia, and Korea in the Context of the Cold War, Wada HarukiPart 2: Domestic Issues 5. The Feminization of the Labour Market, Osawa Mari6. The Aging Society, the Family, and Social Policy, Harada Sumitaka7. The Problem of Land Use and Land Prices, Inamoto YonosukePart 3: Facing the Post-Cold War/Post-Bubble World 8. Employment Relations
after the collapse of the Bubble Economy, Nitta Michio9. The Argument: Explaining the End of the Post-war Party System, Hiwatari Nobuhiro